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Here we go, another ten brilliant journalism work placements, as nominated by you guys. This is our fourth installment of the Wannabe Hacks top 50 (see 50 – 41, 40 – 31 and 30 – 21) and today we’ve pulled out the real big guns as well as a gem of a placement from abroad. What that also means is that the Wannabe Hacks top placement is close enough to almost taste – it’ll be announced tomorrow along the other top ten and a Wordle of all the nominations to see what comes up most frequently.
After initially proving myself, I had leads in the paper every day for 2 weeks and have been asked back several times since. No pay at first, but they offered money for me to come back – Steve Anderson
Great team, felt like member of team from day 1 chasing stories, doing interviews. got to work on news and features and they were great about giving bylines online and in print! – Ianthe Butt
Hard to get onto, but a great placement. You’re trained in writing newswire copy and financial journalism. You work as a normal journalist, with all the associated responsibility. It’s paid, and you could get a job at the end. A no-brainer – Alex Webb
I was treated as a journalist, not as another work experience inconvenience. After (somewhat timidly) pitching an idea, I was constantly encouraged to present more and given the opportunity to write copy. I was given an awful lot of good advice and contacts – Kate Dobinson
@IndyFashion was my best work exp. Unpaid, but I was published every week & they helped me to get a paid internship at Glamour – Rachel Kenworthy
10 bylines, interviewed two celebs (Will Carling and Suzi Perry), networked like crazy and got two job interviews while I was there! Also got to sit next to the editor Tony Gallagher at the morning news briefing – Sam Shead
I’d nominate Media Wales as the bext work exp I’ve ever had. Young, vibrant newsroom kept me busier than national experience – Dafydd Pritchard
I had stories published in three nationals and it looks great on your CV as the big papers get a lot of their stories from the PA wire anyway! You spend a lot of time out of the office running around but it’s worth it. Try and get on the video desk – Larissa Brown
Two weeks in and I was making my own news items; I did the interviews, directed the camera crew and oversaw the final edit. You get an amazing confidence boost when you see your items broadcasted, even if it’s only local TV – Myriam Dijck
It’s a local paper, so you get the feel of covering local issues, but it’s set in Canary Wharf, so there’s a whole load of interesting financial things to look out for as well. In my stint I doorstepped a recently convicted paedophile and spoke to travellers in a gypsy camp. A brilliant place to mix local journalism with a variety of other topics – Jo Stashko
Disagree with where your placement has come? Drop a comment below or email top50@wannabehacks.co.uk and we’ll be sure to get back to you.
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Thanks to Dafydd for the nomination for Media Wales - we try and keep our work experience people busy, and let them get involved in stories. Dafydd and fellow Cardiff Journalism School students were good to have around and got plenty of good stories.
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